Buna–Gona and the Battle of Wau, the Japanese retreated to Lae and Salamaua. However, the Salamaua–Lae campaign involved many weeks of fierce fighting, before...

the Salamaua–Lae campaign. She served with distinction during the war, notably being damaged in early 1945 by a kamikaze aircraft during the Invasion of...

1942, while being unloaded off Salamaua, Yokohama Maru was attacked as part of the invasion fleet at Lae and Salamaua and was sunk at 07°01′S 147°07′E...

and names Parsee Point (Salamaua), the Markham, Rawlinson Ranges, and explores around the Markham mouth. The history of Lae township, according to Lucas...

invasion of Lae-Salamaua, China Maru was damaged by SBD aircraft from the United States Navy aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Yorktown off Lae...

Guinea, replacing Rabaul. 1942 Japanese bomb Lae, Salamaua and Bulolo on 21 January. Japanese land in Lae on 8 March. 1942–1945 War arrives in New Guinea...

part of the Rabaul invasion fleet, she carried air base construction materials. On 10 March 1942, during the invasion of Lae-Salamaua, Tenyo Maru suffers...

merged with Pacific Aerial Transport. The airline began operations from Salamaua. The airline was one of many companies established to link the goldfields...

Papua New Guinea and all the shipping was anchored off the villages of Lae and Salamaua. The plan was changed to mount the attack from a position in the Gulf...

Marumo, was assigned to "Operation SR" (the invasion of Lae and Salamaua in New Guinea). On 10 March, the invasion force was attacked by United States Navy...

and converted into a minesweeper. On 10 March 1942, during the invasion of Lae-Salamaua, Tama Maru No. 2 was damaged by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers...

the Syria-Lebanon campaign in 1941, and the 17th Brigade during the Salamaua–Lae campaign in 1943 and the Aitape–Wewak campaign in 1944–1945. Murray John...

from the Japanese, Mahan was engaged in the amphibious landings at Salamaua, Lae, and Finschhafen. She participated in landings at Arawe and Borgen Bay...

Operation SR 1942 invasion of Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea ( Operation ? ) 1942 attack along the Kokoda track (New Guinea) Operation T 1942 invasion of northern...

Operation R (the invasion of Rabaul, New Britain) and Operation SR (the invasion of Lae and Salamaua). While patrolling out of Lae on 10 March, she suffered...

reinforced by another force centered on the carrier Yorktown, attacked Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea, where the Japanese were marshaling amphibious forces....

base at Rabaul. Following the Japanese invasion of Salamaua–Lae in March 1942, Cartwheel began with the Salamaua–Lae campaign in Northern New Guinea in April...

cruiser operated off the Louisiade Archipelago, covering the attacks on Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea. In a position to intercept enemy surface units which attempted...

west of the port city of Lae in northeastern New Guinea. Lae falls into Australian hands and Australian troops take Salamaua. 8: Eisenhower publicly announces...

circumstances. He planned and carried out the significant and victorious Salamaua–Lae campaign but during the final campaigns of the war he faced criticism...

the coral-fringed Kiriwina dragged on for a fortnight. For the landing at Lae, Barbey elected to make a night approach and a dawn landing. As the LCIs...

participate in the battle of Rabaul on 22 January 1942. During the invasion of Lae-Salamaua on 8 March 1942, Kongō Maru transported elements of the Japanese...

mainly by the Australian Army". The offensive began with the landing at Lae by the Australian 9th Division on 4 September 1943. The next day, MacArthur...

Pierre Semard, 55, French communist leader (executed) The Japanese Invasion of Salamaua–Lae began. Japanese forces entered Rangoon. The British and U.S. governments...

underway again. Initially assigned to intercept enemy traffic into the Salamaua-Lae area of New Guinea, she was ordered to the Solomon Islands on 2 July...

atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, and the imminent invasion of the home islands, Japan surrendered. The war in...

Battalion in the Australian 7th Division, which later fought in the Salamaua-Lae campaign, the Finisterre Range campaign and the Borneo campaign. By the...

in early January 1942 before participating in Marshalls–Gilberts and Salamaua–Lae raids one month later. Upon the Japanese landing on New Guinea in late...

Japanese forces during Operation R (the invasion of Rabaul, New Britain) and Operation SR (the invasion of Lae and Salamaua), returning to Sasebo Naval Arsenal...

Iceland on 17 June for Murmansk; only 11 reached their destination Raid on Salamaua 28 June Australian commandos raid Japanese forces; 120 Japanese killed...